10 Amendments of Henna VIRKKUNEN related to 2021/0293(COD)
Amendment 99 #
(4 a) Policies and investments on digital infrastructure should also aim to ensure inclusive connectivity, with available and affordable Internet access, broadband and mobile services, in order to close the digital divide across the Union, and to support access to emerging broadband- enabled trends and digital services;
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4 b) Artificial intelligence (AI) in particular is a promising technology that the Union should enhance. From medicine to transportation to cybersecurity and energy efficiency, and more, AI holds great promise for progress in our society, and for solving some of the world’s biggest problems in terms of health, the environment, education, and mobility contributing to achieving the objectives of the Union and deepening the internal market.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Digital skills, basic and advanced, are essential to reinforce the collective resilience of the Union’s society. Digitally empowered and capable citizens will be able to take advantage of the opportunities of the Digital Decade. Moreover, digital training and education should support a workforce in which people can acquire specialised digital skills to get quality jobs and rewarding careers in much greater numbers than today, with convergence between women and men. In addition, an essential enabler for taking advantage of the benefits of digitisation, for further technological developments and for Europe’s digital leadership is a sustainable digital infrastructure for connectivity, microelectronics and the ability to process vast data. Excellent and secure connectivity for everybody and everywhere in Europe including in rural and remote areas40 is needed. Societal needs for upload and download bandwidth are constantly growing. By 2030, networks with gigabit speeds should become available at accessible conditions for all those who need or wish such capacity. To this end, it is paramount to ensure the appropriate investments aiming to boost the development of 5G and 6G networks, cloud infrastructure, high-performance computing capacities, quantum computing technologies and other ICT emerging technologies. This requires a fair and proportionate contribution to the cost of usage and financing of network operators investment in connectivity and digital infrastructures especially by large content platforms. Moreover, microprocessors which are already today at the start of most of the key, strategic value chains are expected to be in even higher demand in the future, in particular the most innovative ones. Climate neutral highly secure edge node guaranteeing access to data services with low latency wherever businesses are located and quantum capacity are also expected to be critical enablers. _________________ 40 Long-term Vision for the EU’s Rural Areas. COM(2021) 345 final.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) promote the development regulatory standards with a global dimension to ensure that Union companies, especially SME), can compete fairly along global value chains;
Amendment 224 #
(d b) create the most appropriate conditions to develop new and emerging technologies such as cloud, edge, quantum and high-performance computing and promote their uptake in the Union businesses, also supporting their capacities to adopt them;
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) facilitate fair and convergent conditions for investments in digital transformation throughout the Union, including by strengthening the synergies between the use of Union and national funds, and developing predictable regulatory approachesthe synergies between the different Union's initiatives and programmes, including the Joint Undertakings under the Horizon Europe programme, develop predictable regulatory approaches and to develop an adequate framework which requires particular large content platforms to make a fair and proportionate contribution to the cost of usage of network operators’ digital infrastructure;
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) all European households are covered by a Gigabit network, with all populated areas covered by 5G, without neglecting the rural areas;
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) pave the way to enable the development of 6G services and technologies and to build the relevant R&I capacities;
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1 a) Commission and Member States must create instruments and mechanisms that are flexible enough to address the evolving nature of algorithms and ensure adequate, appropriate, and continuous regulatory revisions;
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) Joint Undertakings; , notably the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking, the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking and the High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking;